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Lower back and Pelvic Pain, Mild.

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I am Pregnant with my second child and my first pregnancy was a breeze, I have been experiencing these pains now for about almost a week, i have a Drs appointment this weekend, but i am still a little worried, I am three months along and i am not sure if this is normal or not. The pain is not Horrible i would said from a 1-10 it is a 5, but it still worries me because i didnt experience any of this with my now 5 yr old back when i was pregnant. someone please help?

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It might be sciatica, when the weight of the growing baby/uterus press on certain nerves/tendons along that area. It also might be that you are more tired this time around and you fall asleep in whatever position you happen to land in (that happened to me with baby #3, I'd just clock-out and wake up really sore the next day).
My one question is: is this pain coming and going (as in contractions) or is it a constant ache?

I know that when my 3rd daughter was in a transverse breech position something would press on a nerve and I'd have a constant pain and sometimes my leg would suddenly give out (a reflex like when the Dr. bangs your knee). Try looking up the pregnancy stretches and back arches because those helped me. MAybe swimming or pregnant yoga?

@keilahrose its like a cramp like pain? not contractions.it will go on for an hr or so or maybe even longer as faint as possible but sometimes like for an hr straight at 5 again. I do fall asleep weird too! lol sometimes i dont even remember when i fell asleep and wake up in the middle of the night wondering how when and where!! ahahah

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